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A guide to outdoor activities in Chapel Hill and Carrboro

By Cloris Huan | April 5

Although restrictions in the state are lifting, there are still many outdoor, COVID-safe activities in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area. 

Proposed Aura development draws comments over traffic and affordable housing concerns

By Trevor Moore | March 30

Chapel Hill's advisory boards are considering if they want to recommend the project before it is sent to the Town Council for a final decision. If approved, ...

CHCCS students return to in-person classes

CHCCS students, teachers return to in-person instruction for the first time in a year

By Jacob Meredith-Andrews | March 30

On Friday morning, about one hundred students returned to Frank Porter Graham Elementary School to finish out their first week of in-person instruction ...

'I Was Still Singing' offers digital look at Black women's history in Chapel Hill

By Niharika Vattikonda | March 29

Led by community historian Danita Mason-Hogans, “I Was Still Singing” offers a look into the perspectives of the Black women who shaped Chapel Hill's ...

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Chapel Hill Public Library recognized as finalist for national medal

By Ellis Riggsbee | March 25

Each national medal finalist will have a social media spotlight day, and the CHPL will be featured for its spotlight day on April 30. On that day, the ...

CHTC shows concern about proposed student apartments, adopts anti-hate crime resolution

By Ella Layn | March 25

The proposed apartment complex, The Flats, would bring approximately 200 new apartment units and a 450 space parking deck to southern Martin Luther King ...

Chapel Hill unveils 'New Voices' project, highlighting Town's different cultures

By Valeria Cloës | March 24

“I just want the community to feel welcomed into this space – that they are represented and that they feel enlivened by the artwork,” artist Victoria ...

Asian American community supports one another in wake of Atlanta shootings

By Praveena Somasundaram | March 23

Dozens of community members gathered at the Peace and Justice Plaza Sunday to remember and honor the victims of the recent shootings at Atlanta-area spas. ...

Re-Imagining Community Task Force hosts racial equity, public safety listening sessions

By Kelli Rainer | March 21

The task force, originally established on June 24, 2020 by the Chapel Hill Town Council, has been hosting a series of listening sessions for local citizens ...

OC Voice: After 1200 MLK Blvd. rezoning, Chapel Hill continues to search for a solution

March 17

The OC Voice is a portion of the OC Report newsletter where local residents may have a platform to talk about local issues they care about. Pam Hemminger ...

CHTC approves MLK Blvd. redevelopment project, protecting mobile home park residents

By Kayla Guilliams | March 14

The council voted 5-3 in favor of the project’s rezoning proposal, which paves the way for developer Stackhouse Properties to build a new gas station, ...

Chapel Hill Town Council to vote on MLK development that could threaten mobile home park

By Henry Haney | March 9

As of Tuesday, the Chapel Hill Town Council is set to vote on the project’s rezoning proposal on March 10. Council members differ on whether they’ll ...

Students rush Franklin Street for the second time following UNC win against Duke

By Suzannah Claire Perry and Heidi Pérez-Moreno | March 6

Following UNC men's basketball defeat of Duke, fans rushed Franklin Street for the second time this year. Last month, officers took over 35 minutes ...

Chapel Hill Town Council vacancy could extend until November or May

By Caroline Kelly | March 1

Former Chapel Hill Town Council member Rachel Schaevitz resigned last January, and her seat has been vacant since then. Municipal elections are set to ...

Chapel Hill Town Council split over Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. redevelopment project

By Kayla Guilliams | February 25

The project would redevelop the nonoperational Marathon Service Station and the Tar Heel Mobile Home Park by building a new gas station, convenience store ...

WUNC presents new podcast about local civil rights hero Pauli Murray

By Kelli Rainer | February 23

The podcast, called "Pauli", centers around Durham native Pauli Murray's influence as a civil rights attorney. Former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ...

From The Rock Wall tells the living histories of Black Chapel Hill-Carrboro

By Kayla Guilliams | February 23

The project was developed by the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History and aims to uplift voices, past and present, of Black Chapel ...

Retired CHCCS teacher Karen Reid is looking for a kidney donor

By Britney Nguyen | February 21

Reid, who was diagnosed with a chronic kidney disease in 2014, recently published a letter asking for help finding a donor. Her disease has now progressed ...

One person arrested after shots fired at Chapel Hill apartment complex

By Kayleigh Carpenter | February 19

Friends of Chapel Hill Public Library celebrates National Library Lovers Month

By Lily Chubb | February 18

Every Saturday during February, there will be a table set up at the front entrance to the library where current members of the Friends of Chapel Hill ...